Latest headlines
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Labour win 29 seats - but fall short of a majority
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UKIP wins its first seats in the Assembly
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Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood ousts Labour in Rhondda
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Mapping the election - see party vote share by constituency across Wales
Scoreboard
| Party | Candidates | Votes | % | Net percentage change in seats |
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Party
LAB Welsh Labour |
Candidates Vaughan Gething | Votes 13,274 | 43.8% | Net percentage change in seats −6.4 |
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CON Welsh Conservative |
Candidates Ben Gray | Votes 6,353 | 21.0% | Net percentage change in seats −6.5 |
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PC Plaid Cymru |
Candidates Dafydd Trystan Davies | Votes 4,320 | 14.3% | Net percentage change in seats +2.2 |
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UKIP UKIP Wales |
Candidates Hugh Hughes | Votes 3,716 | 12.3% | Net percentage change in seats +12.3 |
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LD Welsh Liberal Democrat |
Candidates Nigel Howells | Votes 1,345 | 4.4% | Net percentage change in seats −5.7 |
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GRN Wales Green Party |
Candidates Anthony Slaughter | Votes 1,268 | 4.2% | Net percentage change in seats +4.2 |
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Change compared with 2011 |
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Turnout and Majority
Welsh Labour Majority
6,921Turnout
39.8%Constituency Profile
Cardiff South and Penarth has the largest electorate in Wales with over 76,000 people able to vote.
It extends from Rumney in the east of the capital city along the coast through Penarth to the village of Sully, taking in Cardiff Bay and the home of the National Assembly for Wales on the way. Reflecting the cosmopolitan heritage of the old docks, it is one of Wales' more diverse constituencies. According to the 2011 census, 8,700 residents said they were Muslim (out of 45,950 in the whole of Wales). A total of 1,418 people listed their religion as Hindu (the all-Wales total is 10,434). It is also home to 336 of Wales's 2,962 Sikhs. The seat has been held by Labour since 1999.
In 2011, the now deputy health Minister Vaughan Gething, more than doubled Labour's majority to 6,259, gaining over 50% of the vote. The Conservatives won 27% and Plaid Cymru 12%.